Locally raised chef to be on CBS show ‘The Job’ on Friday

James Vellano, a Shaker High School graduate who worked in the kitchens of La Serre in Albany, Allegro Café in Troy and his family-owned Vellano’s in Colonie, will be among the executives interviewing candidates on the CBS reality show “The Job,” debuting at 8 p.m. Friday (2/8) on WRGB. The show pits prospective employees against one another in a series of challenges, and the heads of three companies consider them for staff positions. Vellano, far right, appears on behalf of Maison Privé, a Greenwich, Conn., catering firm that he started with his wife, Jennifer, whom he met while they worked at Per Se in Manhattan.

That’s my little brother! How cool to have an opportunity like this, he works hard at building the business with Jen. There is no glamour in building a private chef and catering company. Way To Go Jim!